Max Horkheimer Quotes on Knowledge
Max Horkheimer was a 20th-century German philosopher and sociologist, the founder of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt and the central organising figure of what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory. This page collects quotes attributed to Max Horkheimer on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Max Horkheimer:
“The fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant.”
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Attributed to Max Horkheimer:
“Reason for centuries has meant the activity of understanding and assimilating the eternal ideas which were to function as goals for men.”
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Attributed to Max Horkheimer:
“The more ideas have become automatic, instrumentalised, the less does anybody see in them thoughts with a meaning of their own.”
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Attributed to Max Horkheimer:
“Logic is not independent of content.”
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Attributed to Max Horkheimer:
“The function of critical theory is to facilitate the historical process by which mankind becomes conscious of itself.”